The Chavin Civilization

The Yoke is supposed to be a type of portrait. It dates back to 10th–4th century BCE, and is found in Mesoamerica, near Guerrero. Thought to be from the Olmec culture, it is about 19 centimeters tall, and 15 centimeters wide. It’s made out of stone and colored with pigment. The met museum calls it “A prime example of a Preclassic Mesoamerican ‘yoke’”(The Metropolitan Museum of Art). It is named like that for its similarity to more modern, agricultural yokes. This particular stone sculpture, like mentioned above, is a sort of portrait, with the human face formed in low relief and has full lips, a broad, flattened nose, carved out eyes with engraved eyebrows, and ears. The ear lobes are portrayed as stretched out and large holes had probably

These head where are the of their culture and are well known today. Archaeologist believe that only the head was made as they believed the head contained the soul. This was part of their polytheistic form of religion. Meaning they believed in more

The history started in 2650 B.C.E at the death of King Djoser. His architect, Imhotep, built a design of pyramid called the Step Pyramid. This was supposed to represent a large stairway to which he would climb up to the sun-god in the sky. This sparked the interest in pyramids, which soon gave ideas to other architects.

built in the ancient world and is currently the third largest pyramid in the world. It stands over

The work of art discussed here is a piece called "Bronze Statuette of Cybele on a Cart Drawn by Lions." This particular piece is mostly a

The large Olmec heads distinctive artistic creations. They were all sculpted from basalt rock and it is believed that they were made to resemble rulers. They built these large human heads to showcase the wealth and beauty that lay within the ceremonial

Sculpted in basalt boulders , there are 17 Olmec heads depicting mature men with flat noses and fleshy cheeks. The boulders were transported from the mountains of Veracruz about 900 BC. The logistics to take them from such a long distance—about 150 kilometres—remain unclear. The Olmecs didn’t have beasts of burden and didn’t know the wheel. The heads, which are 1.47 to 3.40 metres tall and weight between six to 50 Tons, represent individual Olmec rulers and each has a distinctive headdress . The first head was discovered in the 19th century.

The Zapotec progress was past Olmec human advancements and was situated in Oaxaca, Mexico. Huge numbers of their natives get by right up 'til today and keep up their social myths and conventions. The remains of the old pyramids additionally demonstrate to us a portion of the engineering. The photo above shows what the pyramids here look like today, which is amazing considering they were worked back somewhere around 300 and 900 CE. Pyramids portrayed their way of life also, created human

Art style is from Olmec culture which classified to Early Preclassic period. The modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Golf Coast of Mexico were Olmec culture existed around 1500B.C.E to 400B.C.E. Young male stone statue has similarities to Olmec culture’s stone statues. For example, Young male stone statue feature is similar to Colossal head #1 (1200B.C.E-800B.C.E.) from San Lorenzo, one of famous stone statue which is excavated as Olmec culture’s stone statues. Round face and cheek, big eyes, nose, and downturned lip are placed in close to center like infant face, and almond shape eye are characteristics that seen in both male stone statues. Another stone statue Prince (c.800B.C) sculpture Cruz del Milagro from Olmec culture has

The Zapotec were a Mesoamerican civilization. They created various buildings including pyramids and elaborate tombs. One of their known works is the city of Monte Alban. That city looks very similar to the building presented to the right. It is quite possibly a tomb. In addition, the tomb is thought to be made from 300-900 CE. This is also the time in which the Monte Alban city flourished. It was discovered where the Zapotec lived as well.

Also, in Yucatan Peninsula, the Uxmal is the largest city. About 25,000 Maya lived in Uxmal no wonder why the pyramid was the tallest and the biggest pyramid. The Uxmal is at the center of other buildings, in another word the Uxmal was the capital of the Yucatan Peninsula. The Pyramid was basically built for the Maya people to live there not for another thing just a home for the Maya people. The people that research the Pyramid of the Magician say that the pyramid was built overnight by a dwarf that supposedly was hatched from an egg. Also, the dwarf overpowers the ruler that was already there and became the new ruler of the City which will be the Uxmal. They also call it the Dwarf's Pyramid because of the story of the dwarf building the pyramid. As time passed about 10th century A.D. Uxmal was abandoned, the Uxmal now today is an exhibit for people to visit and see a lot of things that the Mayas did on the structure. The people that visit the place need to pay about twenty pesos. Once they enter the people cannot walk on the stairs from past experience they had because the pyramid is tall and they don't want any problems. The only place they can walk on the stairs is on the other smaller buildings around the

The largest was the Zapotecan civilization (precursor to the Aztecs) in about 200 BCE in the Valley of Oaxaca in what is now central Mexico, that had created the city of Monte Alban and the city of Teotihuacan, which was the fifth largest urban area in the world at the time, with a three-mile main avenue and eight square miles of planned urban area. The ancient Mayan civilization around 100 BCE was located on the Yucatan peninsula and its associated wetland agricultural areas with its largest city being Tikal. The Mayans built massive temples and stepped pyramids and developed the most sophisticated mathematical, calendrical, and astronomical systems of any civilization within the Americas. Civilizations to the south, in South America, high in the Andes Mountains near Lake Titicaca and Machu Picchu in Peru were inhabited by the Inca civilization. These massive planned urban areas, road infrastructures, intricate aquaculture features, and irrigation systems covered millions of acres and were unrivaled by any in the Americas. They harvested the smaller rivers and aquifers that flowed towards the Pacific and with terraced fields they garnered the same yield of that of the Nile in

This is a statue of the deity named Manjushri, which is supposed to represent wisdom. This artwork has been gilded with bronze, parts of this also have rusted. It was during the Jin Dynasty a few hundred years ago. Manjushri is sitting cross-legged on top of the lion and the clothing looks loose-fitting. The lion has what looks like a saddle on its back, and has a rein near its chest. The mouth is open with a smile and the ears of the lion are perked up. There is quite an amount of detail focused on the piece but the center of interest is the lion’s head. The proportions of the lion to Manjushri also seems to be accurate. This art piece is religious and belongs to the Buddhist culture.

It was made in China and was inscribed with a thirty four character dedication. It is dated to have been made in 742 and is a middle Tang Dynasty Sculpture.

The pyramid is believed to have been built for over 20 years by a workforce of 100,000